Friday, March 6, 2009

1. In my many years I have come to a conclusion that one useless man is a shame, two is a law firm and three or more is a congress. – John Adams.2. If you don’t read the newspaper you are uninformed, if you do read the newspaper you are misinformed. – Mark Twain.3. Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress. But then I repeat myself. – Mark Twain.4. I contend that for a nation to try to tax itself into prosperity is like a man standing in a bucket and trying to lift himself up by the handle .– Winston Churchill.5. A government which robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul.– George Bernard Shaw.6. A liberal is someone who feels a great debt to his fellow man, which debt he proposes to pay off with your money.– G. Gordon Liddy.7. Democracy must be something more than two wolves and a sheep voting on what to have for dinner.– James Bovard, Civil Libertarian (1994).8. Foreign aid might be defined as a transfer of money from poor people in rich countries to rich people in poor countries.– Douglas Casey, Classmate of Bill Clinton at Georgetown University.9. Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys.– P.J. O’Rourke, Civil Libertarian.10. Government is the great fiction, through which everybody endeavors to live at the expense of everybody else.– Frederic Bastiat, French Economist (1801-1850).11. Government’s view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it.– Ronald Reagan (1986).12. I don’t make jokes. I just watch the government and report the facts.– Will Rogers.13. If you think health care is expensive now, wait until you see what it costs when it’s free!– P.J. O’Rourke.14. In general, the art of government consists of taking as much money as possible from one party of the citizens to give to the other.– Voltaire (1764).15. Just because you do not take an interest in politics doesn’t mean politics won’t take an interest in you!– Pericles (430 B.C.).16. No man’s life, liberty, or property is safe while the legislature is in session.– Mark Twain (1866).17. Talk is cheap… except when Congress does it.– Anonymous.18.The government is like a baby’s alimentary canal, with a happy appetite at one end and no responsibility at the other.– Ronald Reagan.19.The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of the blessings. The inherent blessing of socialism is the equal sharing of misery.– Winston Churchill.20. The only difference between a tax man and a taxidermist is that the taxidermist leaves the skin.– Mark Twain.21. The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly is to fill the world with fools.–Herbert Spencer, English Philosopher (1820-1903).22. There is no distinctly native American criminal class… save Congress.– Mark Twain.23. What this country needs are more unemployed politicians.– Edward Langley, Artist (1928-1995).24. A government big enough to give you everything you want, is strong enough to take everything you have.– Thomas Jefferson.

Tattoo Jim said...They are so funny and what's so funny and sad is they are all so true.

Opal Blackwell Walker has received a job offer.The 79-year-old Crestview woman says the Marines has expressed interest.Last Monday, recruiters from New Jersey sent a letter to Walker by Federal Express."I had to sign for it. It was sent priority overnight," she said. The letter from the Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps Recruiting Command asked Walker if she thought she had the stuff to be a Marine."It says ‘Dear Opal, Do you think you have what it takes to be a Marine? Are you prepared for one of the most demanding challenges you will ever face?' " said Walker.She plans to visit a local recruiting office and say, "Here I am. Where do you want me?".

EDWARD the wonder dog saves the life of his owner every time she goes to bed.Wendy Hilling can stop breathing in her sleep because of an extreme skin condition which could suffocate her.But Edward, a golden retriever, is trained to listen out as she’s sleeping, and he wakes her husband Peter if her breathing pattern changes.He also lends a paw with the washing and zips up Wendy's coat for her.He can even WITHDRAW money from a cash machine.Wendy, 59, from West Yelland, Devon, suffers from dystrophic recessive epidermolysis bullosa, a rare genetic disorder which causes extremely fragile skin.It also causes rapid blistering inside her throat which could stop her from breathing.She was born with the condition, but says that since Edward arrived in January 2007, her life has been transformed.

Lifesaver"I had wanted a canine partner for sometime but all the others I had tried had been far too rough, through no fault of their own," she said."The trainers at Canine Partners thought that the best way around the problem was for me to help them train up a puppy."Edward was born to Exmoor breeders Colin and Sheila Martin who have bred many canine partners over the years."He came to me aged just one month old, covered in hair and looking like a little toy bear - that’s why I named him Edward, or Teddy for short."Edward can perform in response to more than 120 commands, some of which are lifesavers.Wendy said: "Due to my condition, my throat is the size of a five pence piece and can close at any time, stopping my breathing in the process."Wendy’s condition means that any sort of contact with her skin can cause it to tear and blister, both internally and externally.She said: "Edward does a lot of the tricky things for me now and it’s amazing what a fast learner he is."Only this week we discovered that he would insert and remove my credit card from cash machines."He’s completely changed my life and I don’t know what I’d do without him.".